An estimated 25% of Americans have a fear of needles and 16% skip getting vaccines because of that fear, according to Harvard Medical School. Sometimes trypanophobia stems from a traumatic childhood ...

A fear of needles for those who must get medication delivered by injection can go one of two ways -- facing the moments of fear and getting through it, or avoiding the whole thing altogether. But when ...

Many kids are scared of getting needles, and this can stop them getting vaccinations that protect that against the flu. Less than 1 in 4 Australian children were vaccinated against influenza in 2025.